Week 4
“The power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already…yet it must learn by degrees the sight of being, and of the brightest and best of being, the good.”
- Plato, The Republic, Book VII
Hello 1C families! It was wonderful seeing you last week at curriculum night. We had 18 families in attendance. Wow, what a turn out! Your commitment is much appreciated. Thank you for sharing your children with me every day and I look forward to see where this year will take us!
For the week ahead, 1C scholars will share all of their hard work as they recite the poem “The Caterpillar “on Friday. We will also round out the month as we review our very first virtue of the year; responsibility. Here’s to another joyful week in first grade!
Homework for the week of 8/27
Nightly: read for 15 minutes, phonograms to practice- b, d, g, r, t, ar, ay, ch, oo, ou
Poem: The Caterpillar by Christina Rosetti Idiom: Wolf in Sheep’s clothing
Monday: my, up, last, not, us, am, good, time, have, blue and math workbook pg. 25-26
Tuesday: chance, charge, little, are, ago, old, bad, red, of, be and math workbook pg. 27-29
Wednesday: but, this, all, your, you, out, may, into, him and math workbook pg. 30-32
Thursday: read and write all words and Unit 1-2 Test B and practice for poetry recitation
Friday: No homework- R&R weekend
Calendar
Friday, August 31: August Birthday Celebration
Monday, September 3: Labor Day; No School
Friday, September 15: Mother and Son Event
Thursday, September 20: Picture Day
Friday, September 21: Grandparents Day
Announcements
I’m excited to share that we have our first opportunity for classroom volunteers! We are in need of a parent to help with our book bags on Monday morning. Please check-out the sign-up! If you are available for multiple weeks, please feel free to sign-up for multiple times. Thank you in advance for your help and support!
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Academics
Poem: The Caterpillar by Christina Rosetti: We will take part in poetry recitations on Friday. Idiom:Wolf in sheep clothing
Writing/Grammar: This week we will continue our study of nouns. We will learn how to identify and use different types of nouns such as people, places, things, or ideas. Students will learn a noun jingle to help them remember the different types of nouns.
Please click the link below if you would like to sing the noun jingle at home too
Spalding: Please see below the spelling words for this week. A list of all 30 words will also be sent home on Monday to keep for the week. On Monday-Wednesday, please write each word three times. On Thursday please write all words only one time. Please practice saying the phonograms each night.
Weekly Phonograms: b, d, g, r, t, ar, ay, ch, oo, ou
Monday: my, up, last, not, us, am, good, time, have, blue
Tuesday: chance, charge, little, are, ago, old, bad, red, of, be
Wednesday: but, this, all, your, you, out, may, into, him
Thursday: all words
Friday: practice phonograms
*check out this great spalding resource for appropriate phonogram handwriting and pronunciation
Math: We will assess students growth on number bonds on Monday and we will move into addition stories for the remainder of the week. On Friday, students will complete a cumulative assessment over units 1 and 2. Test B will be sent home on Thursday for review.
Science: This week we will continue to learn about habitats. We will focus specifically on forests and underground habitats. Students will learn about the types of plants and animals that live underground and in forests and how they survive
Literature: We will continue to enjoy Tom Thumb stories from
History: This week we will continue to learn about the continents and oceans. We will be focusing on specific facts about each continent. Students will learn about different types of bodies of water and land forms such as, Mountains, Valleys, oceans, lakes etc.
around the world including “Little Finger and the Watermelon Patch”. We will discuss the characters and the similarities and differences from the various versions. We will take a short quiz on Friday.
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